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http://dx.doi.org/10.5370/JEET.2016.11.4.905

A Phase Current Reconstruction Technique Using a Single Current Sensor for Interleaved Three-phase Bidirectional Converters  

Lee, Young-Jin (Advanced Pack Development Group, Samsung SDI)
Cho, Younghoon (Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Konkuk University)
Choe, Gyu-Ha (Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Konkuk University)
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Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology / v.11, no.4, 2016 , pp. 905-914 More about this Journal
Abstract
This paper proposes a new phase current reconstruction technique for interleaved three-phase bidirectional dc-dc converters using a single current sensor. In the proposed current reconstruction algorithm, a single current sensor is employed at the dc-link, and the dc-link current information is sampled at either the peak or valley point of the pulse-width modulation (PWM) carriers regularly. From the obtained current information, all phase currents are reconstructed in a single PWM cycle. After that, the digital current controller is applied to achieve current balancing in each phase. Compare to the previous multiple current sensor method, the proposed strategy reduces the number of the current sensors in the interleaved three-phase bidirectional converter as well as reducing potential current sensing error caused by non-ideal characteristics of the multiple current sensors. The effectiveness of the proposed method is verified from the experiments based on a 3kW three-phase bidirectional converter prototype for the automotive battery charging application.
Keywords
Interleaved converter; Current reconstruction; Single current sensor; Digital control;
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